Welcome to a Pinch of Health!

Australian low carb and weight-loss support forum and resource since 2002 with an emphasis on health, organics, wholefoods and losing weight in a healthy way.

A Pinch of Health is not just a low carb diet and weight-loss web site but a growing low carb community jam packed full of friendly advice, information, resources and support. If you're interested in your health, on one of the many low carbohydrate diets or just simply cutting out the processed foods - need to lose weight, looking for a delicious low carb recipe, or just need a friendly chat with fellow Aussie's with similar interests then you are in the right place!

We even have a section for breastfeeding, children and pregnancy where members can share their thoughts on those areas and low carbohydrate diets as well as non low carb related topics!

Some Recent Interesting Topics From Our Low Carb and Weight-loss Forum:

"Our results suggest that partial replacement of dietary carbohydrate with protein from lean red meat does not elevate oxidative stress or inflammation." Increased Lean Red Meat Intake Does Not Elevate Markers of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Humans

"I am looking at doing this soon as I think Maya may be sensitive to some things, found some good pages on it for anyone interested." Elimination - Fail Safe Diet

"Hey I thought it would be a good idea to have a low carb menu thread going where fellow low carbers could share their menus if they wish."Low Carb Menu Ideas

"I know its low carb BUT what are most peoples complaints of in the past...
For example, how many overweight people are still overweight and turning to low carb because they keep regaining the weight they lost doing assorted low fat crash diets (e.g. soup diet, protein shake diets, egg diet yada yada) and basically yo yo-ing all their life. Where has that left their metabolisms now?

Which leads me to... how is this any different? :confused:" Kimkins Diet

"I just had a thought that it would be good idea to help the newcomers and link to all the recipes that we have here that would be suitable for induction" Atkins Induction Recipes

" As we all know the first criticism we usually get on the Atkins diet is that we don't eat vegetables..." We don't eat vegetables on Atkins?

"My dad has just been diagnosed with Diabetes and High Cholesterol." Dad - diagnosed Diabetes 2 and High Cholesterol

"We thought we would alter the levels of fats that circulate in blood," he said. "Instead we found you need to generate new fat to make a signal to burn fat in the liver." Eat Fat to Lose Fat

"My first line of treatment is to have patients remove carbohydrates from their diets," explains Dr. Vernon, a petite, energetic mother of two who also serves as the president of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians. "This is often all it takes to reverse their symptoms, so that they no longer require medication." The Cure for Diabetes

Has anyone purchased or used coconut flour? Coconut Flour

Would love some more feedback! Low Carb Drinks - What are you drinking?

Has anyone heard about this low carb diet?? The Tony Ferguson Diet

But if trans fats are withdrawn, something has to take their place if we're going to go on eating processed and fried foods. Enter interesterified fats. These are fats modified by procedures that include hydrogenation followed by the rearrangement of fat molecules through a process called interesterification. Already they are being introduced into a number of processed foods as the most popular substitute for hydrogenated oils. Watch out, though, and wait. Interesterified fats may be better for our cholesterol, but they could be bad for our blood glucose. Eat To Live: Meet trans fat's replacement

Have we been conned about cholesterol? Are statins really the wonder-drug that everyone says they are? Cholesterol and Statins

Effects of a carbohydrate-restricted diet with and without supplemental soluble fiber on plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and other clinical markers of cardiovascular risk.